The turbine tractor called ''Rising Star'' of Henk and Jan Bosman from Oene in the Netherlands will have a new home in 2024. The nicely built 4 Klimov Isotov TV3-M117 powered tractor which was built for the modified and heavy modified class was sold to the CDH Pulling Team from France. The Team around the Belgian Guy de Hoef who lives in France and Phillipe Chauvin from France have purchased the 4 turbine-powered tractor from the Bosman brothers, which had decided to stop with tractor pulling at the beginning of 2022. The modified was until now turn-key for sale, plus all the spare parts which they had.
In the summer of 2023, Henk and Jan Bosman visited Europe's biggest tractor pull in Made, the Netherlands, and they told us, that the Rising Star is still for sale and no one has yet expressed an interest in buying the modified tractor. Shortly after that in the summer of 2023, Guy de Hoef of the CDH Pulling Team was in contact with Henk Bosman for 1 of the 2 spare turbines, which he also later purchased for the Le Redoutable, because 1 of the 4 turbines was broken after the Euro Cup round in Bernay. But already at that time Guy de Hoef and Guillaume Chauvin (the son of Phillipe Chauvin) were interested in the whole tractor and the rest of the spare parts.
The talks for the whole tractor plus the second spare turbine and all the rest of the spare parts started already with the Bosman's in August. After around 3 months of consideration, talks with their sponsors, and negotiations with Henk and Jan Bosman, the deal was wrapped in dry towels at the beginning of this month. The reason for the purchase of the Rising Star and the second spare turbine was, that they had no further running spare turbines in stock. Another reason was they want to be more competitive again in the future and with the Rising Star tractor they will have a competitive package for the future.
In the hands of the CDH Team, the tractor will receive currently no changes for 2024. Also, the name and the look of the tractor will stay the same as before, just some stickers of their sponsors will be added to the tractor.
Maybe some people asking now what will happen with the other 4 Isotov TV3-117M powered tractor called ''Le Redoutable''. After a nice Euro Cup season with the tractor in the heavy mod class and 4th in the Euro Cup point standings in 2023, the team will send the tractor not into retirement.
Currently, from the Team's point of view, it's not 100% sure with which of the both tractors they want to run the Euro Cup in the heavy modified class in 2024. They have several options on the table at the moment. 2 examples of the many options would be to run with both tractors the Euro Cup or with just Rising Star or Le Redoutable the Euro Cup, but that is currently still up in the stars.
The last decision by the team will be made at the end of the year or at the beginning of 2024.
To run with both turbine tractors, the Euro Cup circuit is currently a little bit difficult or almost not possible due to less transport possibilities and just one lot for a tractor in the bus.
Whether we see Rising Star and Le Redoutable in the Euro Cup series of the heavy mod class in 2025 is currently not entirely unlikely. But first, they need a bigger transport vehicle if they want to drive with both turbine tractors in the heavy mod class in the Euro Cup in 2025. The new transport vehicle is already on their agenda.
One is sure already both tractors, Rising Star and Le Redoutable will
compete at their home pull and Euro Cup round in Bernay, France 2024,
because of the short journey.
This week on the 23rd of November, Rising Star was picked up by Guy de Hoef and Guillaume Chauvin in the workshop of Henk and Jan Bosman in Oene, in the Netherlands, and was transported with a semi-truck to his new home in France and stands now alongside his new brother ''Le Redoutable'' in the workshop of the CDH Pulling Team.
With the purchase of the Rising Star by the CDH Pulling Team from France, it's great to see the tractor hopefully back in action in 2024!
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